microsoft / microsoft/vscode

Ctrl+tab is horrendously slow in the new update

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Description

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

- VS Code Version: 1.131.0 (Commit e4c7e7b1d6d060162f4aa7f8225271b67ce1df75)
- OS Version: Windows 11 25H2 (Build 26200.8875)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Press ctrl+tab in a project
2. Notice delay between keystroke and action completing

Below is a video with corresponding audio, listen (may need to increase volume) to the time between the keystroke and the action actually completing.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c903a517-d8ef-447a-a6a0-5aea0f5400ae

This was lightning fast before the new UI overhaul, however since then it has become a downright annoyance to working on things.

This is an incredibly small project so its not that, nor am I below minimum requirements (PC has a Ryzen 5900X, 64GB of RAM and an Nvidia RTX A2000 12GB). *Yes I know I had a lot open but most is idle in the background. CPU is at 4% and RAM not even halfway.*

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Potential root cause - I think the new fade animation on the ctrl+tab menu is blocking and that is what is causing this delay.

# EDIT

Going back to classic UI and disabling the modern one alleviates the issue.

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